TODAY’s “Geez”: 1678 - Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes
Free Rambling Thoughts…
The unofficial first day of summer was very nice. No wind to speak of. It was in the low 60’s all day, but I ain’t complainin’. So nice to be able to be outside and enjoy the neighborhood. I always fly the flag on Federal holidays…and last night I wasn’t sure I would be able to, with the 64mph winds. Today was calm and Old Glory flew from just after sunrise to just before sunset. My parents did that every holiday since I can remember. I’m carrying on the tradition.
After watching several Memorial Day presentations, it is even more clear that we get out of Afghanistan.
The news programs interviewed different commanders over there and each talked about how difficult it was to lose their men. The locals will support those with the biggest presence. In so many places, we go in, make friends, move on, the Taliban returns and our friends are soon friends with the Taliban. This has been going back and forth for decades—before the US it was the USSR. These tribal leaders and their followers know that if you support the one with the guns in your village, you live. If not, you die. Our government said we went in there to get Bin Laden. He wasn’t in Afghanistan, but across the border in Pakistan---but we got him. Now we should get out and let them live their lives. When they are ready for the Arab Spring, they can ask for our help. Until then, we don’t need to lose any more soldiers.
I’m going to get serious about my trip down the Canyon. I need to get several pieces of clothing and waterproof one use cameras. Flag is a small town and finding what I want may not be easy. I’m sure the fancy Babbit’s will have what I can’t find somewhere else, but I will certainly pay a premium price it I go there. The River Runners group offer many things…again at a premium price. I’m sure it is the only trip I will take down any river, so I don’t want to spend a bundle on things I will only use for two weeks. I also don’t want to show up as a virgin river runner with a bunch of top of the line stuff. I’m not THAT touristy!
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
Kansas City is on the Kansas river and which other?
Which state with access to an ocean has the shortest coastline?
What is further north, Dallas or Oklahoma City?
In which state is the Yosemite National Park?
Which state produces two-thirds of America's iron ore?
What is the largest city of New Mexico?
What is America's leading dairy state?
Washington Square is in the center of which village?
Which state has the highest island mountain in the world?
Where is the divorce capital of Nevada?
Which Park in South Dakota has the highest number of bison after Yellowstone?
What is the farthest east of the Great Lake States?
In 1988 which city had the highest murder rate of any in the US?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
++Estimated number of people caned in Malaysia each year: 10,000
The First Time…
1925 --- 1st female state governor. ..(Wyoming) Nellie Taylor Ross
1926 --- 1st American woman to swim the English Channel. It took her 14 hours and 39 minutes. (She broke the existing men's record.)… Gertrude Ederle
1927 --- lead role in the 1st talking motion picture, "The Jazz Singer." …Al Jolson
Somewhat Useless Information…
++In Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, you will find the site of the country's largest collection of life-sized troll sculptures. You can take a "Troll Stroll" down The Trollway, where you'll see these troll sculptures carved into trees along the town's main drag.
++The northern Wisconsin town of Mercer is home to the world's largest loon. A 16-foot-tall, 2,000-pound fiberglass water-fowl has stood on the lawn of the chamber of commerce since 1981.
++In Havre de Grace, Maryland, you'll find the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, home of the country's largest collection of wooden duck decoys, most carved between 1930 and 1990.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The shipping label said the mailed package contained replicas of Peruvian ceramics. An X-ray machine used by customs agents discovered it really held three skulls and a mummy more than 2,000 years old.
Authorities said Friday that the package was intercepted at Argentina's central post office, and an Argentine citizen who was waiting for the shipment has been detained as part of an investigation into illegal trading in ancient cultural artifacts.
Authorities said Friday that the package was intercepted at Argentina's central post office, and an Argentine citizen who was waiting for the shipment has been detained as part of an investigation into illegal trading in ancient cultural artifacts.
Officials speculated the package would have been relayed to a museum or a private collector in Europe, where such old bones are in demand because of the blankets and other woven material that surround ancient South American mummies.
A preliminary evaluation by Argentina's national archaeology institute determined that the bones are from the pre-Inca Paracas culture on Peru's coast, and date from between the 7th and 3rd centuries B.C., officials said.
Authorities said the artifacts were mailed from La Paz, Bolivia, with the false contents declaration.
Last year, Bolivian police foiled a similar mummy mailing enterprise and detained a woman who tried to send a Peruvian mummy to France.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
At a fabric store, a pretty girl spots a nice material for a dress and asks the male clerk: How much does it costs? “Only one kiss per yard,” replied the male clerk with a smirk. “That’s fine,” said the girl. I’ll take ten yards.”
With expectation and anticipation written all over his face, the clerk quickly measured out the cloth, wrapped it up, and then teasingly held it out.
The girl took the bag and pointed to the old man standing beside her, and smiled, “Grandpa will pay the bill.”
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
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«TODAY IS
National Macaroon Day
What You Think Upon Grows Day
World No-Tobacco Day
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1917 - 1st jazz record released (Darktown Strutter’s Ball )
… IN ATHLETICS
1879 - Madison Square Garden opens
1983 - 37th NBA Championship: Phila 76ers sweep LA Lakers in 4 games
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1837 - Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria
1884 - Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"
1911 - R.M.S. Titanic launched
1927 - Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A)
1937 - 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University)
1941 - 1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale
1984 - 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1796: The Treaty of the Seven Tribes of Canada is signed by three Chiefs at New York City. The tribes give up all claims to lands in New York, except six square miles in Saint Regis. They are paid 1233 pounds, six shillings, and eight pence now, and 213 pounds, six shillings, eight pence annually, if five more Chiefs show up and sign the treaty.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
1531 - "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
1621 - Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night
1902 - Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal
1910 - Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
1941 - A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland claims 38 lives.
1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury
1951 - Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord
1979 - Zimbabwe proclaims independence
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1821 - Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
1919 - 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
1970 - At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)
… IN US POLITICS
1790 - US copyright law enacted
1868 - 1st Memorial Day parade held…Ironton, Ohio
1955 - Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1819 - Walt Whitman, poet (Leaves of Grass)
…ATHLETES
Norm Johnson, NFL place kicker (Seattle Seahawk, Pitts Steelers) turns 51
Joe Namath, NFL QB (NY Jets), $400,000 man (1969 Superbowl) turns 68
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1894 - Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show)
1908 - Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)
Tom Berenger, actor turns 61
Clint Eastwood actor, turns 81
Colin Farrell actor, turns 35
Sharon Gless actor, turns 68
1938 - Johnny Paycheck, singer (Take This Job & Shove It)
Brooke Shields model, actor turns 46
Peter Yarrow, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon) turns 73
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
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…POLITICIANS
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…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1898 - Norman Vincent Peale, clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking)
Today’s Obits:
1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
1982 - Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86
1962 - Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II at 56
2001 - Arlene Francis, American television personality dies at 94
1809 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77
2009 - George Tiller, American abortion doctor murdered at 68
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Kansas City is on the Kansas river and which other?
Missouri
Which state with access to an ocean has the shortest coastline?
New Hampshire
What is further north, Dallas or Oklahoma City?
Oklahoma City
In which state is the Yosemite National Park?
California
Which state produces two-thirds of America's iron ore?
Minnesota
What is the largest city of New Mexico?
Albuquerque
What is America's leading dairy state?
Wisconsin
Washington Square is in the center of which village?
Greenwich Village
Which state has the highest island mountain in the world?
Hawaii
Where is the divorce capital of Nevada?
Reno
Which Park in South Dakota has the highest number of bison after Yellowstone?
Custer Sate Park
What is the farthest east of the Great Lake States?
Ohio
In 1988 which city had the highest murder rate of any in the US?
Washington DC
Close Up Picture
Antenna
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
